PHP Function dirname()

Syntax

string dirname ( string $path );

Definition and Usage

Given a string containing a path to a file, this function will return the name of the directory.

Paramters

Parameter	Description
path	A file path.

Return Value

Returns the base name of the given path.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php $path = "/home/httpd/html/index.php"; $dir = dirname($path); echo "dirname is $dir\n"; ?>

This will produce following result:

dirname is /home/httpd/html